University of Alberta

ABOUT US

The Department of East Asian Studies at the University of Alberta offers degree programs at the undergraduate and graduate level in Chinese and Japanese language, linguistics, and literature. As the only university department between Toronto and Vancouver devoted solely to the study of East Asia, we provide our students with a valuable opportunity to build a solid foundation for a career involving this exciting and economically vigorous part of the world.

HISTORY

Courses on East Asia have been offered regularly at the University of Alberta since 1961, making our programme one of the oldest in Western Canada. East-Asia-related courses at the University of Alberta were originally offered within the Department of History and Classics, but in response to the increasing demand for courses on East Asia an independent Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures was formed in 1981. Renamed the Department of East Asian Studies in 1994 to reflect the expanded range of topics covered in its courses, the department has continued to grow steadily and now boasts record enrolments in its language and culture courses. Read more

News

  • JAPAN 101 Registration Dates

    Japan 101 A1-A6: Registration restricted to Arts students until July 2. All other students may register beginning July 3. Japan 101 A7,Q2: Registration is for first year Arts students until July 2. All Arts students may register from July 3 to July 31. All other students can register beginning August 1.

  • Undergraduate researcher works with faculty member on linguistic field study in Okinawa

    Honoka Takei, a third year linguistics student, has been working with Dr. Ono to record and analyze lullabies in the Miyako language, a minority language in Okinawa, with funding from the Faculty of Arts and the Japan Foundation. For the full story please follow the link.

  • Chinese Language Screening Dates for 2012/13 Registration

    The Department has confirmed upcoming Chinese language screening dates for assistance in registering for the 2012/2013 academic year. Please follow this link for further information.

  • Japanese Placement Schedule (March-April 2012)

    Thursday, March 29th; 2:00pm Thursday, April 26th; 1:00pm Tuesday, May 8th; 3:30pm Testing will take place in Pembina 3-58.

  • A Year of Anniversaries

    The Department of East Asian Studies is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, having been established as the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures in the fall of 1981.